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-->'''Mayor Kim:''' Americans are not the only ones fathering such children, but they ''are'' the only ones who ignore them. France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, acknowledge a responsibility for these unfortunate babies of their military. They will support and help them, offer them citizenship, but the United States -- where all men are created equal -- ''refuses'' to do this. You reject the children of your own people.
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* {{Squee}}: ''Everyone'' at the 4077 completely loses it when they see the baby, with all of them wanting a turn feeding, holding, or watching her. Lampshaded by Colonel Potter when he remarks that he's always amazed at how perfectly normal adults turn into blubbering idiots when they see a baby.
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* {{Squee}}: ''Everyone'' at the 4077 completely loses it when they see the baby, with all of them wanting a turn feeding, holding, or watching her. Lampshaded by Colonel Potter when he remarks that he's always amazed at how perfectly normal adults turn into blubbering idiots when they see a baby.baby.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite the best efforts of everyone at the 4077th to find a way to get the baby to safety, the bureaucratic obstacles prove to be too much to overcome, and they're forced to take the least bad option available by leaving her at the monastery.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite the best efforts of everyone at the 4077th to find a way to get the baby to safety, the bureaucratic obstacles prove to be too much to overcome, and they're forced to take the least bad option available by leaving her at the monastery.
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** Both Hawkeye and (to a lesser degree) Charles are able to read enough Korean to figure out what the note left with the baby says.
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** The I-Corps representative suggests that the only reason Hawk and BJ care about the baby is because one of them is the father. BJ replies that it's a good thing he's a doctor, [[ToThePain as he's gonna break every bone in his body]]. Hawkeye also looks ready to do some osteotomy on the guy himself.
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** The I-Corps representative suggests that the only reason Hawk and BJ only care about the baby is because one of them is the father. BJ replies that it's a good thing he's a doctor, [[ToThePain as he's gonna break every bone in his body]]. Hawkeye also looks ready to do some osteotomy on the guy himself. When they get home an irritated Potter reprimands them for among other things threatening to file "the adjutant general's aide under "D" for Deceased."
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* DoorstopBaby: Happens twice in one episode. First, the baby is left with a note in front of the Swamp by her unseen mother. Then, after the bureaucrats won't do anything to help her, she's left with the monks.
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** Charles apparently did time in pediatrics (naturally considering himself one of the best), and proves to be quite affectionate to and fiercely protective of children.
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** Charles apparently did time in pediatrics (naturally considering himself one of the best), and proves to be quite affectionate to and fiercely protective of children. [[note]] He starts the episode by being annoyed about a noise, but his face ''completely melts'' when he sees that it's a baby crying [[/note]]
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* HiddenDepths: Charles apparently did time in pediatrics (naturally considering himself one of the best), and proves to be quite affectionate to and fiercely protective of children.
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* HiddenDepths: HiddenDepths:
** Charles apparently did time in pediatrics (naturally considering himself one of the best), and proves to be quite affectionate to and fiercely protective ofchildren.children.
** Klinger is surprisingly good with kids, even giving all of the nurses a quick lesson on how to make a Lebanese diaper.
** Charles apparently did time in pediatrics (naturally considering himself one of the best), and proves to be quite affectionate to and fiercely protective of
** Klinger is surprisingly good with kids, even giving all of the nurses a quick lesson on how to make a Lebanese diaper.
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* SentIntoHiding: What leaving the child and the convent entails. They'll raise her as an acolyte, then maybe try and transport her out of Korea when she gets older, but she'll never interact with the outside world for quite a long time.
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* SentIntoHiding: What leaving the child and the convent entails. They'll raise her as an acolyte, then maybe try and transport her out of Korea when she gets older, but she'll never interact with the outside world for quite a long time.time.
* {{Squee}}: ''Everyone'' at the 4077 completely loses it when they see the baby, with all of them wanting a turn feeding, holding, or watching her. Lampshaded by Colonel Potter when he remarks that he's always amazed at how perfectly normal adults turn into blubbering idiots when they see a baby.
* {{Squee}}: ''Everyone'' at the 4077 completely loses it when they see the baby, with all of them wanting a turn feeding, holding, or watching her. Lampshaded by Colonel Potter when he remarks that he's always amazed at how perfectly normal adults turn into blubbering idiots when they see a baby.
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** The Red Cross representative suggests that the only reason Hawk and BJ care about the baby is because one of them is the father. BJ replies that it's a good thing he's a doctor, [[ToThePain as he's gonna break every bone in his body]]. Hawkeye also looks ready to do some osteotomy on the guy himself.
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** The Red Cross I-Corps representative suggests that the only reason Hawk and BJ care about the baby is because one of them is the father. BJ replies that it's a good thing he's a doctor, [[ToThePain as he's gonna break every bone in his body]]. Hawkeye also looks ready to do some osteotomy on the guy himself.
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and she faces a future of ostracization at best, mutilation and/or death at worst. He says her best chance is to be left at a local monastery, where she'll have a safe but narrow future. Everyone else decides to try to find her a better option - Hawkeye and BJ go to the Red Cross, who say she's not their responsibility, Hawkeye and Charles go to ICORPS, who also say she's not their problem, and Hawkeye and Potter go to the local Korean mayor, who says he can't overturn tradition and points out that America is the only country in the conflict who doesn't provide for the orphans their soldiers leave behind. Finally, they end up leaving her at the monastery, each one saying a final goodbye before leaving her in the care of the monastery.
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and she faces a future of ostracization at best, mutilation and/or death at worst. He says her best chance is to be left at a local monastery, where she'll have a safe but narrow future. Everyone else decides to try to find her a better option - Hawkeye and BJ go to the Red Cross, who say she's not their responsibility, responsibility; Hawkeye and Charles BJ go to ICORPS, I-Corps, who also say she's not their problem, and tells them the road to adoption is near-impossible; Hawkeye and Potter go to the local Korean mayor, who says he can't overturn tradition and points out that America is the only country in the conflict who doesn't provide for the orphans their soldiers leave behind. behind; and finally, Hawkeye and Charles try the U.S consulate in Tokyo, who won't grant asylum. Finally, they end up leaving her at the monastery, each one saying a final goodbye before leaving her in the care of the monastery.
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** Charles also breaks out in [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristically]] selfless indignation at the lack of cooperation or empathy from the I Corps representative, and damn near gets physical with him as well.
* BittersweetEnding: The child is saved from a hellish life in Korean society, but it's going to be a very limited life for her for quite a while. In the meantime, the racial prejudice from Koreans and Americans alike towards such children isn't going away anytime soon, nor are the bureaucratic hurdles.
* BittersweetEnding: The child is saved from a hellish life in Korean society, but it's going to be a very limited life for her for quite a while. In the meantime, the racial prejudice from Koreans and Americans alike towards such children isn't going away anytime soon, nor are the bureaucratic hurdles.
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** Charles also breaks out in [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristically]] selfless indignation at the lack of cooperation or empathy from the I Corps representative, U.S. consul in Tokyo, and damn near gets physical with him as well.
* BittersweetEnding: The child is saved from a hellishlife future in Korean society, but it's going to be a very limited life for her for quite a while. In the meantime, the racial prejudice from Koreans and Americans alike towards such children isn't going away anytime soon, nor are the bureaucratic hurdles.
* BittersweetEnding: The child is saved from a hellish
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite the overall lack of tact from almost all of the bureaucrats involved, they all raise one inescapable point: without a formal process for doing so, sending a Korean-American baby overseas to the States without knowledge/consent of the child's surviving relatives stateside, or dropping them into a problematic adoption system in a not-so-racially-progressive 1950s USA, could be a big problem for any agency that tried to tackle it.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite the overall lack of tact from almost all of the bureaucrats involved, they all raise one inescapable point: without a formal process for doing so, sending a Korean-American baby overseas to the States without knowledge/consent of the child's surviving relatives stateside, relatives, or dropping them into a problematic adoption system in a not-so-racially-progressive 1950s USA, could be a big problem for any agency that tried to tackle it.
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* SentIntoHiding: What leaving the child and the convent entails. They'll raise her as an acolyte, then maybe try and transport her back to the States when she gets older, but she'll never interact with the outside world for quite a long time.
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* SentIntoHiding: What leaving the child and the convent entails. They'll raise her as an acolyte, then maybe try and transport her back to the States out of Korea when she gets older, but she'll never interact with the outside world for quite a long time.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite the overall lack of tact from almost all of the bureaucrats involved, they all raise one inescapable point: without a formal process for doing so, sending a Korean-American baby overseas to the States without knowledge/consent of the child's surviving relatives stateside, or dropping them into a problematic adoption system in a not-so-racially-progressive 1950s USA, could be a big problem for any agency that tackled it.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite the overall lack of tact from almost all of the bureaucrats involved, they all raise one inescapable point: without a formal process for doing so, sending a Korean-American baby overseas to the States without knowledge/consent of the child's surviving relatives stateside, or dropping them into a problematic adoption system in a not-so-racially-progressive 1950s USA, could be a big problem for any agency that tackled it.tried to tackle it.
* MoodWhiplash: Fr. Mulcahy's all smiles and rainbows about hooking up the new infant with the local orphanage... until he sees the kid's mixed. Everyone's baby joy goes south ''real'' fast after that.
* MoodWhiplash: Fr. Mulcahy's all smiles and rainbows about hooking up the new infant with the local orphanage... until he sees the kid's mixed. Everyone's baby joy goes south ''real'' fast after that.
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* ParentalNeglect: Averted. Despite the child being abandoned, a physical reveals that she wasn't ill-treated beforehand.
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An infant girl is found outside the Swamp with a note explaining that her father was an American GI but he's dead and her mother is unable to care for her. The entire camp quickly becomes enamored with the baby, but Father Mulcahey is more reserved. He knows that her fate is likely to be unhappy; the local Koreans don't treat mixed-race children with kindness; she faces a future of ostracization at best, mutilation and/or death at worst. He says her best chance is to be left at a local monastery, where she'll have a safe but narrow future. Everyone else decides to try to find her a better option - Hawkeye and BJ go to the Red Cross, who say she's not their responsibility, Hawkeye and Charles go to ICORPS, who also say she's not their problem, and finally Hawkeye and Potter go to the local Korean mayor, who says he can't overturn tradition and points out that America is the only country in the conflict who doesn't provide for the orphans their soldiers leave behind. Finally, they end up leaving her at the monastery, each one saying a final goodbye before leaving her in the designated spot.
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An infant girl is found abandoned outside the Swamp with a note explaining that her father was an American GI GI, but he's dead gone and her mother is unable to care for her. The entire camp quickly becomes enamored with the baby, but Father Mulcahey Mulcahy is more reserved. He knows that her fate is likely to be unhappy; the local Koreans don't treat mixed-race children with kindness; kindness,
and she faces a future of ostracization at best, mutilation and/or death at worst. He says her best chance is to be left at a local monastery, where she'll have a safe but narrow future. Everyone else decides to try to find her a better option - Hawkeye and BJ go to the Red Cross, who say she's not their responsibility, Hawkeye and Charles go to ICORPS, who also say she's not their problem, andfinally Hawkeye and Potter go to the local Korean mayor, who says he can't overturn tradition and points out that America is the only country in the conflict who doesn't provide for the orphans their soldiers leave behind. Finally, they end up leaving her at the monastery, each one saying a final goodbye before leaving her in the designated spot.care of the monastery.
!Attention, all personnel! The following tropes have been left on the Swamp's doorstep...
* AmbiguousSyntax: The note says that the GI father is "gone," but as to whether he abandoned the mother and child, or was killed in action, we don't know for sure.
* BerserkButton:
** The Red Cross representative suggests that the only reason Hawk and BJ care about the baby is because one of them is the father. BJ replies that it's a good thing he's a doctor, [[ToThePain as he's gonna break every bone in his body]]. Hawkeye also looks ready to do some osteotomy on the guy himself.
** Charles also breaks out in [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristically]] selfless indignation at the lack of cooperation or empathy from the I Corps representative, and damn near gets physical with him as well.
* BittersweetEnding: The child is saved from a hellish life in Korean society, but it's going to be a very limited life for her for quite a while. In the meantime, the racial prejudice from Koreans and Americans alike towards such children isn't going away anytime soon, nor are the bureaucratic hurdles.
* DisappearedDad: One way of reading the note left with the child is that the American father abandoned the mother and child (a scenario we've seen happen before at least once on this show), but it remains unclear if it was abandonment or him being KIA that led to this scenario.
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: What the mixed-race child can look forward to in war-torn 1950s Korea. The mayor regrettably admits that the horror stories they've been told are true, that centuries as a unified race and culture has predisposed the Korean population to look upon such mixed heritage as an impurity amongst their people.
* HiddenDepths: Charles apparently did time in pediatrics (naturally considering himself one of the best), and proves to be quite affectionate to and fiercely protective of children.
* HypocriticalHumor: While Col. Potter is chewing out BJ for his loss of control with the Red Cross rep, he's rocking the baby in an improvised cradle (55-gallon drum cut in half with a long pole to push), and pushes a bit too hard when his dander goes up.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite the overall lack of tact from almost all of the bureaucrats involved, they all raise one inescapable point: without a formal process for doing so, sending a Korean-American baby overseas to the States without knowledge/consent of the child's surviving relatives stateside, or dropping them into a problematic adoption system in a not-so-racially-progressive 1950s USA, could be a big problem for any agency that tackled it.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Pretty much everyone who could help with the child can't, either due to lack of resources, policy requirements the 4077th's people could never hope to meet, or basic callousness to the child's plight. Usually, it's all three.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The mayor of Uiejongbu gives a polite, subdued, yet effective one about how the US armed forces, in contrast to the rest of the UN force member nations, does not provide any arrangements or care for the abandoned children of their servicemen.
* SentIntoHiding: What leaving the child and the convent entails. They'll raise her as an acolyte, then maybe try and transport her back to the States when she gets older, but she'll never interact with the outside world for quite a long time.
and she faces a future of ostracization at best, mutilation and/or death at worst. He says her best chance is to be left at a local monastery, where she'll have a safe but narrow future. Everyone else decides to try to find her a better option - Hawkeye and BJ go to the Red Cross, who say she's not their responsibility, Hawkeye and Charles go to ICORPS, who also say she's not their problem, and
!Attention, all personnel! The following tropes have been left on the Swamp's doorstep...
* AmbiguousSyntax: The note says that the GI father is "gone," but as to whether he abandoned the mother and child, or was killed in action, we don't know for sure.
* BerserkButton:
** The Red Cross representative suggests that the only reason Hawk and BJ care about the baby is because one of them is the father. BJ replies that it's a good thing he's a doctor, [[ToThePain as he's gonna break every bone in his body]]. Hawkeye also looks ready to do some osteotomy on the guy himself.
** Charles also breaks out in [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristically]] selfless indignation at the lack of cooperation or empathy from the I Corps representative, and damn near gets physical with him as well.
* BittersweetEnding: The child is saved from a hellish life in Korean society, but it's going to be a very limited life for her for quite a while. In the meantime, the racial prejudice from Koreans and Americans alike towards such children isn't going away anytime soon, nor are the bureaucratic hurdles.
* DisappearedDad: One way of reading the note left with the child is that the American father abandoned the mother and child (a scenario we've seen happen before at least once on this show), but it remains unclear if it was abandonment or him being KIA that led to this scenario.
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: What the mixed-race child can look forward to in war-torn 1950s Korea. The mayor regrettably admits that the horror stories they've been told are true, that centuries as a unified race and culture has predisposed the Korean population to look upon such mixed heritage as an impurity amongst their people.
* HiddenDepths: Charles apparently did time in pediatrics (naturally considering himself one of the best), and proves to be quite affectionate to and fiercely protective of children.
* HypocriticalHumor: While Col. Potter is chewing out BJ for his loss of control with the Red Cross rep, he's rocking the baby in an improvised cradle (55-gallon drum cut in half with a long pole to push), and pushes a bit too hard when his dander goes up.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite the overall lack of tact from almost all of the bureaucrats involved, they all raise one inescapable point: without a formal process for doing so, sending a Korean-American baby overseas to the States without knowledge/consent of the child's surviving relatives stateside, or dropping them into a problematic adoption system in a not-so-racially-progressive 1950s USA, could be a big problem for any agency that tackled it.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Pretty much everyone who could help with the child can't, either due to lack of resources, policy requirements the 4077th's people could never hope to meet, or basic callousness to the child's plight. Usually, it's all three.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The mayor of Uiejongbu gives a polite, subdued, yet effective one about how the US armed forces, in contrast to the rest of the UN force member nations, does not provide any arrangements or care for the abandoned children of their servicemen.
* SentIntoHiding: What leaving the child and the convent entails. They'll raise her as an acolyte, then maybe try and transport her back to the States when she gets older, but she'll never interact with the outside world for quite a long time.
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An infant girl is found outside the Swamp with a note explaining that her father was an American GI but he's dead and her mother is unable to care for her. The entire camp quickly becomes enamored with the baby, but Father Mulcahey is more reserved. He knows that her fate is likely to be unhappy; the local Koreans don't treat mixed-race children with kindness; she faces a future of ostracization at best, mutilation and/or death at worst. He says her best chance is to be left at a local monastery, where she'll have a safe but narrow future. Everyone else decides to try to find her a better option - Hawkeye and BJ go to the Red Cross, who say she's not their responsibility, Hawkeye and Charles go to ICORPS, who also say she's not their problem, and finally Hawkeye and Potter go to the local Korean mayor, who says he can't overturn tradition and points out that America is the only country in the conflict who doesn't provide for the orphans their soldiers leave behind. Finally, they end up leaving her at the monastery, each one saying a final goodbye before leaving her in the designated spot.
